Research focus:
Control of health hazards and pollutants arising from construction work operations and the built environment
Occupational health behavior intervention design and evaluation
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debdickerson@vt.edu
Research focus:
Cyber-physical integration in construction work planning
Research focus:
Effects of compensation and other HR practices on firm performance and employee outcomes. The impact of job-, organizational-, and county-level characteristics on employee well-being (i.e., job satisfaction, work stress, organizational commitment).
Research focus:
Environmental justice, discovering strategies for increasing the political participation of vulnerable communities
Research Focus:
Off-job reactions to work stress, Work recovery, Work - non-work relationships, Technology
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Planning and developing technology-based solutions for workplace communication problems, particularly in situations involving multicultural audiences.
Research focus:
Human health risk assessment and communication
Research focus:
Fall arrest systems for residential construction
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Rural community health
Research focus:
Sociotechnical work system design; construction safety; organizational structures